Take the Black Podcast — Episode 510 — Mother’s Mercy
This week on Take the Black, we change the format a bit by expanding our regular cast to include some very knowledgeable and ravenous fans, including Charles “Bandit” Evans, the co-founder of the podcast, and Cory Thone, a sports radio host who can’t wait to let us know his opinions on how he thinks the finale and the season fared as a whole. As usual, I am joined by my lovely co-host Isis, and the perpetual curmudgeon Luke. Our other guests include the Editor in Chief of WiCnet, Dan Selcke, the glue that holds us all together, Ani Bundel.
As you may have surmised, today’s episode is all about the Game of Thrones Season 5 finale, “Mother’s Mercy.” We start with Stannis’ stoic end(?), and the odd, hurried turn it took…I guess Shireen’s death was for nothing. Next, Charles quite astutely compares Theon and Sansa jumping of the wall of Winterfell to Thelma and Louise’s plunge off that cliff, and points out how Myranda’s death by face-plant was the best death of the season. In Dorne, Dan and I are still not okay with Tyene saying “Bad poooosy,” and Cory instantly knew that the not-at-all inappropriate kiss that Ellaria gave Myrcella was poisoned, so Jaime and Bronn should have known something was amiss as well.
In King’s Landing, some of us really appreciated Cersei’s walk of atonement, while others thought it was too long. In Meereen, we discuss the saddest 90s boy band ever, and postulate just how in the heck Daario and Jorah are going to find Dany…good thing she dropped that ring in the middle of nowhere—they’re totally going to find that clue! In Braavos, we are were a little shocked about the brutal turn in Arya’s story, and even after watching Sexy Jesus (Jaqen H’ghar) pull a Scooby-Doo like mask routine, we still don’t know how in the heck those faceless men do that.
Finally, we end with Jon’s story at the Wall. Isis laments that her sweet cinnamon bun seemed to really die…like really. Charles gets down on Olly for his hastily scrawled “Traitor” sign. He’s probably going to have repeat the third grade again…no one likes Olly.
As has been the norm for the past couple of weeks, this episode of Take the Black leans a tad bit on the NSFW side. As always, we try to keep things as spoiler-free and Unsullied-friendly as possible. I mean, at this point, book-readers don’t know much more than show-watchers do, so that’s not very hard. Still, tread lightly.
Take the Black Season 2 Episode 10 “Mother’s Mercy”
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Take the Black Season 2 Episode 10 “Mother’s Mercy”
We would like to thank you all for listening to our little podcast. This is the first season it has been on WiCnet (we were previously hosted on Lightly Buzzed), and the warm reception, kind comments, and fun interaction with you guys, has been a lovely experience. We can’t wait to be back next year, for Season 6.
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